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Troops to help cull fowl in Philippines’ bird flu battle

By GFM Network News, Reuters August 16, 2017

Manila | Reuters — The Philippines will deploy hundreds of troops to hasten a cull of about 600,000 fowl, the farm minister said on Wednesday, as part of efforts to rein in the Southeast Asian nation’s first outbreak of bird flu. There has been no case of human transmission after the flu was detected on

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

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Philippines reports first avian flu outbreak

By GFM Network News August 11, 2017

Manila | Reuters — The Philippines will cull 200,000 chickens, quails and ducks after confirming the country’s first outbreak of bird flu, Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Pinol said on Friday. The avian flu outbreak was detected in a farm in San Luis municipality in Pampanga province, north of the capital Manila, which later spread to five

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Bird flu redirects trade flow of U.S. chicken, eggs, grains

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek April 14, 2017

Chicago | Reuters –– Global outbreaks of bird flu in poultry have altered the flow of U.S. chicken meat, eggs and grain around the world, adding to challenges faced by domestic exporters and giving a leg up to Brazil, which has so far escaped the disease. Different strains of avian flu have been detected across

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Top U.S. chicken-producing state sees first case of bird flu

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek March 27, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Georgia has confirmed its first-ever case of bird flu in commercial poultry, its agriculture department said on Monday, widening an outbreak of the disease into the United States’ biggest chicken meat-producing state. A flock of 18,000 chickens used for breeding was culled after testing positive for H7 bird flu, according to

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Canada blocks poultry, eggs from Tennessee, Alabama

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 17, 2017

Cross-border travellers coming into Canada from the U.S. are being warned not to bring in raw poultry or eggs from Tennessee or Alabama following outbreaks of avian flu in those states. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Thursday announced restrictions on imports of uncooked poultry products, live birds and/or eggs from those two states until

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Low-path bird flu turns up in Wisconsin turkeys

By GFM Network News, Reuters March 7, 2017

Paris | Reuters — The U.S. has reported an outbreak of avian flu on a farm in Wisconsin, the second in the country in less than a week although the virus found this time is considered less virulent, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said on Tuesday. A strain of low-pathogenic H5N2 avian flu

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WHO says bird flu outbreaks raise alarm

By GFM Network News, Kate Kelland March 1, 2017

London | Reuters — The risk of sustained human-to-human transmission of H7N9 avian flu in China is low, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, but a surge in human cases there is worrying and requires constant monitoring. Outbreaks of H5 bird flu strains in poultry and wild birds across Europe, Africa and Asia are

A male mallard duck. (Alain Carpentier photo/Wikimedia Commons)

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USDA finds bird flu in Montana wild duck

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek January 9, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Monday it had detected a type of bird flu in a wild duck in central Montana that appeared to match one of the strains found during an outbreak of the disease in 2014 and 2015 that led to the deaths of millions of chickens.

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Canada again declares as avian flu-free

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 30, 2016

With an Ontario duck farm depopulated and disinfected, and no new outbreaks in the three following months, Canada has again declared itself free of notifiable avian flu. The federal government announced Wednesday it has informed the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) that Ontario is considered free of avian influenza as per OIE guidelines. About

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Avian flu quarantine ends for Ontario duck farm

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 3, 2016

A federal quarantine has been lifted for a duck farm near St. Catharines, Ont. where birds were confirmed in July with low-pathogenicity (“low-path”) avian flu. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has reported the quarantine was lifted effective Sept. 20, at the end of a 21-day waiting period after the commercial-scale farm was depopulated, cleaned and

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Tag Archives avian flu

Troops to help cull fowl in Philippines’ bird flu battle

Philippines reports first avian flu outbreak

Bird flu redirects trade flow of U.S. chicken, eggs, grains

Top U.S. chicken-producing state sees first case of bird flu

Canada blocks poultry, eggs from Tennessee, Alabama

Low-path bird flu turns up in Wisconsin turkeys

WHO says bird flu outbreaks raise alarm

USDA finds bird flu in Montana wild duck

Canada again declares as avian flu-free

Avian flu quarantine ends for Ontario duck farm

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